⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 26-6 off them
- They shot well above their usual, twelve of 23 from three
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 0:56 · MIA 32-24 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 6:54 · MIA 72-61 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 9:10 · MIA 97-81 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:02 · MIA 50-41 SAC
- Missed FT
Dwyane Wade misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:03 · MIA 108-100 SAC
- Missed FT
Luol Deng misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:52 · MIA 111-104 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 0:00 · MIA 56-52 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q4 6:31 · MIA 102-94 SAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q4 2:57 · MIA 114-109 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben McLemore misses technical free throw
Q2 3:02 · MIA 50-41 SAC
📊The numbers
| MIA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
